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Chapter 6: Hero 101! Give it Your All!

As it turned out, despite all the craziness of the Entrance Exam, Izuku and his pals came to realize that UA's curriculum wasn't that far off from most high schools. So aside from the hero-specific courses and lessons, they went through the usuals of mathematics, foreign language, history, art, etc.

Though in Izuku's mind, having pro-heroes teaching those subjects automatically made U.A. way better than any school he went to before. After all, how many people could say that Ectoplasm was their math teacher?

(Aside from almost everyone at UA, but sssh.)

Also, his previous schools didn't provide him with a mechanical bed within the UA Support Department. About three days into the semester, Striker had finally been moved there. Currently, Izuku, Mei, and Higari were looking over some schematics for the robot.

"We definitely need to get work on refitting the armor," Higari said.

"Any idea what alloy we should use?" Mei asked Izuku.

"Well, I was thinking of using the same material the robo-villians used, but they seemed pretty weak," Izuku said.

"Oh, that's just the cheap stuff Acorn gives us for the entrance exams. They've got some crazy materials that are way more durable and pretty light," Higari explained.

"My, my." The three turned and saw Nezu walking towards them, his eyes drawn to Striker. "I must say, this invention is pretty interesting."

"Oh, hey, Principal Nezu," Higari said nonchalantly. "What brings you to the Support Department?"

"Curiosity, actually," Nezu replied before looking up at Izuku. "Mr. Midoriya, do you think we could have a word in private?"

Nezu saw Izuku's body tense and gave a reassuring smile. "You're not in trouble if that's what you're wondering. I simply want to talk with you."

"Oh, okay," Izuku replied, hesitation still in his voice. As the two walked away, Higari did briefly wonder. Sure, the rat liked having a chat or two, but that mostly happened when someone came to him. If Nezu had come to Izuku, he must've had something in mind.

"Soooo…" Mei said, pulling out her phone and shoving a familiar set of schematics in Higari's face. "…while those two are talking, do you think you can…"

"For the 12th time, Mei; no, it is not scientifically possible for you to build a Dimension Door."

"The march of science will not be stopped by cynicism!"

"It ain't cynicism; it's raw scientific fact!"

While those two argued about the practicality of making a multiversal doorway, Izuku and Nezu walked towards Striker's charging area. A few plates had already been removed from the junkyard bot's frame to make for its upcoming upgrade.

"Mr. Midoriya, you've definitely made this new year an interesting one."

"…is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Izuku asked, only to get a chuckle in response.

"I suppose we'll have to wait and see. Though we're all in unknown territory now. We have our first quirkless student in the Heroics Course. And one with such an eye-catching piece of technology." Nezu then turned his head to look up at the boy. "I assume Maijima told you about his attempt to get you in through recommendation."

"He did," Izuku replied. "And it didn't work."

"Indeed. Though can you blame us? The Board of Education and the vast majority of the teaching staff weren't exactly keen on the idea of allowing a Quirkless child like yourself into the Hero Course, given the risks and demanding nature of the profession."

"I…I understand," Izuku replied. Now, this was definitely familiar to the boy. While most people looked down on Izuku for being Quirkless and berated him for his dream, others were far nicer but no less insulting. Teachers, classmates, doctors, and, until a few years ago, his own mother treated Izuku like he was made of glass. They thought they were being kind and only looking out for his well-being, but their words could cut as deep and painful as any insult. All Izuku wanted was for people to treat him like anyone else and be given a chance to prove himself, not be sat at the kids' table for the rest of his life while everyone else got to take risks and live their lives to the fullest. Izuku looked at Principal Nezu curiously and asked, "Were you one of those people?"

All he got was a chuckle in return.

"It would be quite hypocritical of me to vote against the odd one out, given my particular circumstances," Nezu explained. "I was willing to give you a shot, but others needed some convincing. And your performance in the entrance exam managed to sway quite a few of the naysayers."

Now that put a bit of a smile on Izuku's face.

"So here's the situation: as long as you and Maijima fill out the necessary paperwork, UA will cover the funding for any material and equipment you need to keep Striker at peak performance," Nezu explained. "Within reason, of course; I can't exactly let you have a nuke or anything like that."

Izuku raised an eyebrow at the comment. "Why would I ever ask for a nuke?"

"You'd be amazed what kind of materials our more eccentric support students ask for," Nezu said as he started to walk away. "We're all looking forward to seeing the type of hero you'll become, Mr. Midoriya."

"I won't let you down, sir!" Izuku exclaimed, saluting Principal Nezu

Nezu smiled at Izuku's enthusiasm. "I'm sure you won't." Nezu turned to leave but looked back at Izuku as he reached the door. "Oh, and if you ever need anyone to talk to, my door is always open."

Izuku looked stared quizzically at the principal's retreating form, appreciative but confused by the offer. But he didn't have to time mull over UA's perplexing principal. With all the new resources UA provided him, Izuku's mind was overflowing with ideas on how to upgrade Striker. Eyes brimming with determination and excitement, Izuku dove back into his blueprints.

And so, the first week of the semester went along, with Izuku and his friends learning about their schedules. Soon enough, it was Friday, and the students of Class 1-B were sitting in their afternoon homeroom period. According to Vlad King, another member of the UA staff was going to take over the class for the afternoon for their first real exercise.

"So, who do you think it's gonna be?" Sero, the young man with circular elbows that sat in front of Izuku, asked. "I heard UA hired a new teacher, but no one knows who they are for sure. My money's on Fatgum."

"The BMI guy?" Honenuki, who sat behind Izuku, chimed in. "Doesn't really seem like the teaching type."

"I mean, it's possible," Izuku said before whispering. "He's got an impressive arrest record and combat record, and he's got an amazing approval rating."

"…so, when the instructor arrives, I expect all of you to conduct yourselves with some level of dignity." Vlad King said before looking at his watch. "1-A should've wrapped their own exercise by now. So he should be—"

"I AM HERE…" A loud, boisterous voice proclaimed before the classroom door slammed open. "…COMING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A TOTALLY NORMAL PERSON!"

The students of Class 1-B looked to the door and collectively gasped. Standing before was none other than Japan's Number 1 Hero, All Might, clad in a red and blue costume with a majestic cape.

"No way, it's really him," Kaminari exclaimed.

"So he is a teacher," Kirishima said. "This year is going to be totally awesome."

As All Might made his way to the podium, the students continued to chatter excitedly amongst themselves. Some, like Iida and Kendo, managed to maintain their composure despite their excitement. Others tried but couldn't help but get themselves in a tizzy, like Mineta, who hopped up on his desk to get a better look at All Might.

But none were more excited than Izuku himself. He was utterly awestruck by being in the same room as his favorite hero of all time! His body was quite literally shaking with excitement as Izuku barely managed to hold himself back from flying out of his seat and launching himself at All Might.

'All Might! All Might is going to teach us!' Izuku thought as he stared at the hero he'd admired since before he could walk. 'He's even wearing his Silver Age costume!'

"Alright, All Might; I'll let you take over from here," Sekijiro said as he left the classroom.

"Thank you, Vlad." All Might said as he took the podium. "Hello, future heroes! Today, you'll take your first steps towards becoming real heroes. Think of it as Heroing 101. Here, you will learn the basics of being a Pro Hero and what it means to fight in the name of peace and justice!" All Might turned around and started writing something on the blackboard. "And today's lesson will pull no punches!" Then, he turned back to the student to reveal what he'd written: "BATTLE!"

"Combat training? Oh yeah!" Kendo exclaimed.

"This gonna be freaking awesome," Kamakiri said. "I can't wait to show what I'm made of."

All Might let out a hearty laugh. "Now, now, I know you're all excited, but let me be clear, our job is primarily to ensure the safety of the public. While punching villains is an important part of that, it's far from the only thing we do. Furthermore, today's lesson is not only lesson in combat, but teamwork as well."

Some of the students started whispering among themselves. "But of course, you can't be heroes without the right clothes." All Might pulled a remote out of his cape pocket and pressed a button. The wall on the left side of the classroom slid up, revealing several numbered containers arranged according to the seating chart. "Your costumes, boys and girls, tailor-made by some of the best Support Companies in the business. Change into these and meet me over at Battle Site Alpha in twenty."

With a flair of his cape, All Might exited the room and closed the door with a flourish…before quickly opening it back up again. "Oh, and for those of you wearing spandex, there's free corn starch in the locker rooms. Trust me, you'll want to use plenty of it."

With that, All Might left the class for real, and the student grabbed their suitcases containing their costumes. But as they left for the locker rooms, Izuku split from the boys.

"Midoriya, the locker room is this way," Iida stated.

"I know. I just gotta go to pick up something from the support department," Izuku said, giving Iida a knowing wink. The bespectacled teen understood and continued to head to the locker room. Izuku went the other way with a smirk on his face, twirling Striker's activation key as he did so.

Later…

All Might stood in the fake cityscape, with a sheet over an object in front of him. As he was waiting on 1-B to arrive, the Number 1 Hero was currently reading a small book titled Teaching for Dummies.

'Make sure you establish the kind of relationship you want with your students on the first day.' All Might read to himself. But he then heard footsteps and quickly put the book away in his other cape pocket. The hero turned around and saw the 19 Class 1-B students walking towards them. And he had to admit that he was impressed by the sheer variety of hero costumes the teens had.

Some wore spandex. Some armor. Some had more esoteric outfits like rags, shoulder pads shaped like gears, and…was young Hagakure just wearing gloves and boots? Odd.

"You know, there's an old saying that goes, 'clothes make the man.' And I have to say…" All Might then gave a wide smile and a thumbs up. "…you all look really cool."

All Might wasn't the only one impressed by the costumes. Though while Mineta was impressed by a lot of the guy's costumes, he was a tad disappointed that the girl's costumes weren't as sexy as he'd have liked. And even if they were on the slightly revealing side, it wasn't something he was into.

Granted, he figured that someone would be into Ochako's skin-tight costume showing how surprisingly toned she was or how Itsuka's costume showed off her ripped arms. But the little guy was strictly a boob (and sometimes butt) guy. Then there were Jiro, Yanagi, and Tsunotori, two of them being too cool and the blonde being too cute for him to perv on. Hagakure was technically naked (at least he thought she was), but with her being invisible, he couldn't even see anything!

But then, the boy's eyes widened as he saw a feminine ass clad in blue scale-patterned spandex, his eyes bulging and his mouth gaping open.

"Looks damn good, right?"

"I'll say," Mineta said…before turning to see Tokage's floating head smirking next to him, now wearing a blue-scaled domino mask. "AGGHH! Geez, Tokage, warn a guy before ya do that!"

"Hey, if I did that, I couldn't see ya freak out." The smirking gal said her head flew and reattached to her body. But then, she looked down and saw Mineta's expression turn to one of disgust. "The hell's with that look?! You were checking out my ass a few seconds ago!"

"That before I knew it was attached to the most annoying person I've ever met."

"Tch. Whatever. I know I look hot in this," Tokage said, licking her thumb and making a 'siss' sound as she tapped in on her rear. "Oh, and boys, this hot lizard's single, by the way!"

A few of the guys blushed at that declaration, while others didn't care or were busy chatting with other students. Yanagi rolled her eyes…while Jiro had a light blush on her face.

But what neither All Might nor the students knew at the time was that someone was watching them from afar. On the roof of a nearby building was a young man in the UA uniform, sitting on a blanket and snacking on some rice crackers as he peered through a pair of binoculars. He had white hair with streaks of black, a stubby black and white tail, and a matching pair of cat ears, one black and one white, in place of human ears.

"Alright, we got another punk magnet," the young man said as he looked at Jiro, then chuckled a bit before looking at Kamakiri. "Wow, there's enough edge on that boy to cut solid steel." He then looked at Yanagi. "She'll be popular with the goths." Then at Mineta. "And he'll DEFINITELY be popular with the Shotacons."

He continued to look over the students, only to sigh in exhaustion. "Looks like this class is full of duds, too." He then munched on some more crackers. "Not one of these kids got that special 'zing.'"

While the cat boy continued to watch and the students mingled, All Might did a mental head count. "Huh. Only 19 students. Where's young Midoriya?"

"He said he was grabbing some support gear," Honenuki said, now clad in an orange & black armored costume, which included a full-face covering visor.

"Doesn't his costume have all the gear?" Kaminari asked, now clad in a costume consisting of a black jacket, pants, a white t-shirt, and bolt-shaped headphones. "How much gear would he even ne—"

"INCOMING!"

Everyone (including the peeping cat boy) looked into the sky before an object landed a few feet behind the students, kicking up a big cloud of dust.

"The invincible super robot that brings hope to the hopeless…HAS ARRIVED!"

The dust settled, revealing the towering form of Striker, outfitted with its new armor. It still had the overall face and shape it had at the entrance exam. But now, its frame no longer consisted of reforged scrap metal. Instead, it now sported a smoother frame consisting of Titanium Alpha, a stronger metal similar to the ones used by the robotic villains from said exam.

Its color scheme was also different. Light green adorned its torso, hands, face, and ankle joints. A darker shade of green colored its thighs and biceps, with black shoulders and feet. It also had pieces of red on its forearms and crotch area, making it emulate the classic 'superhero trunks' look.

The glowing eyes turned off, and Striker's chest opened, allowing Izuku to step out of it. The boy was clad in a costume consisting of light green spandex with white lining, his signature red shoes with matching fingerless gloves, black knee & elbow pads, and a light yellow scarf fluttering in the wind. On Izuku's head was a green & white helmet with a blue visor and a green mic near his mouth.

"So…" Izuku began to say as his blue visor slid up, a big smile on his face. "...did you guys like my entrance?"

A stunned silence filled the air…until it was swiftly broken by Kirishima.

"That's the robot from the entrance exam! Awesome!"

"T-That's support gear?!" Mineta shouted in disbelief.

"(Oh my god!)" Tsunotori shouted in English.

"A s-steel knight coming from the sky," Yanagi stated with widened eyes.

"Awesome!" Kendo said with an eager grin.

"That entrance was a tad over-the-top, but you certainly left an impact." Izuku looked and saw Iida and Ochako approaching him. The taller boy was in a full-body set of heroic-looking white armor that reminded Izuku of the pro-hero Ingenium, covering everything save for the pipes on his calves. The brunette was clad in a spandex costume made of black & pink, with a helmet most made of pink plastic and a large blue visor. On her wrists were a pair of mechanical pink gauntlets and matching fingerless gloves.

"Well, I thought it was pretty cool. You did a full-on superhero landing!" Ochako shouted with excitement, making Izuku gain a bashful blush.

"Thanks." Izuku then looked at his friends. "You guys look really cool too."

Ochako giggled, and Iida smiled under his mask.

In the distance, crumbs fell out of the cat boy's mouth. He lowered his binoculars, revealing his golden eyes with slit pupils. A mischievous smile spread across his face. "Well, hello, handsome."

While everyone else was causing a ruckus about Striker's appearance, one young man, in particular, was looking at the green & red machine in awe. He had spiky black hair held up in a blue & white headband and gray eyes. His costume was mostly brown, with a black metal chest plate and a large number of blue pouches attached to his belt.

"No way…" He whispered to himself. "…a real super robot."

But the sound of loud clapping got everyone's attention, with the students turning towards an amused All Might.

"I know, it's very exciting stuff, people. But we got a lesson to get to. So, here's the scenario; you'll be fighting inside one of these buildings. You may think of villain attacks only happening outdoors, but on average, the most heinous crimes occur indoors. Backroom deals, hostage situations, you name it; clever villains lurk in the shadows to hide their evil deeds from prying eyes. To simulate this, you'll be split into ten two-person teams, where two teams at a time will fight. One team acts as the heroes, and the other team acts as the villains. And how will we determine the teams and who's fighting who? Simple!"

All Might then picked up the curtain, showing a table with two boxes on it: a white box with the letter 'A' on it and a black box with the Number 1 on it.

"By drawing lots!"

And so the twenty students did just that, picking out matching letters from the white box and then drawing numbers from the black box. In minutes, the teams and the matches were determined.

Team C (Denki Kaminari & Pony Tsunotori) VS Team E (Kyoka Jiro & Sen Kaibara)

Team G (Tenya Iida & Minoru Mineta) VS Team J (Koji Koda & Togaru Kamakiri)

Team F (Juzo Honenuki & Hanta Sero) VS Team D (Setsuna Tokage & Toru Hagakure)

Team A (Reiko Yanagi & Yosetsu Awase) VS Team H (Manga Fukidashi & Ochako Uraraka)

Team I (Eijiro Kirishima & Itsuka Kendo) VS Team B (Shihai Kuroiro & Izuku Midoriya)

"Very well, Mineta. Let us do our best to act as up-and-coming heroes." Iida said as he walked towards his partner. "And I must say, I did not think you would be one to appreciate the classic 'capes and trunks' look."

"Oh, t-thanks," Mineta said. His costume indeed consisted of a purple mask, a matching top, and leggings, and he paired it off with yellow gloves, boots, and a short cape. Of course, he would've preferred to be paired or fight one of the girls (save for Tokage), but so far, Iida seemed kind of cool.

"Let's do our best, Fukidashi!" Ochako exclaimed with glee with a fist pump.

"You got it, Uraraka!" The young man said as his speech bubble turned into a 'thumbs up' emoji.

Meanwhile, Izuku was meeting his partner…and was feeling a bit intimidated. Kuroiro had skin as dark as night, pale white hair, sharp black eyes, and an equally dark costume.

"So fate has deemed us to become denizens of evil," Kuroiro said with a scoff. "Very well. Such a role suits a creature of darkness like myself."

"…huh?" Izuku asked with a confused look. "It's just a training exercise."

Kuroiro then smirked. "Dude, chill. It's called getting into character."

"Oh, okay then," Izuku said before trying his hand at an evil laugh, getting a thumbs up from his teammate.

"Alright, before we start the first match, let's lay down the rules." All Might said to the class. "The villain team goes into the building first. Their goal is to defend a dangerous weapon they've stashed somewhere in the building. You'll have five minutes to prepare, in which the heroes may not enter or look inside. The villains can move around to set up traps and prepare themselves, but they must be back in the weapon room when prep time is up. After the five minutes are up, the match will officially start, and the fifteen-minute timer begins. The heroes must either subdue and capture the villains or secure the weapon without critically damaging it to win the match. For the villains to win, they must subdue and capture the heroes or defend the weapon until time runs out."

"So when say subdue, does that mean knocking them out or…" Kaibara asked. He was an athletic young man with short, spiky brown hair and brown eyes. His costume consisted of a white overcoat, matching pants, and a blue top underneath, while his belt, knee area, neckpiece, arm bracers, and covering on each finger had a silver spiral pattern.

"No, no, no. We're not getting that violent today," All Might said as he fished something out of his cape's pocket. He then tossed a roll of special tape at Kaibara. "You'll be using this special capture tape to subdue your opponents. Each of you will get a roll, along with a set of earpieces to stay in contact with your teammate, as well as myself, while the other students and I monitor the matches. Now give it your all and go PLUS ULTRA!"

A few minutes later, All Might and sixteen of the students were in the rather spacious monitor room, with Striker sitting in the corner with its knees to its chest while Kaminari, Tsunotori, Kaibara, and Jiro headed to the building for the five-minute prep time.

"So, Kuroiro, let's strategize a bit," Izuku said to his assigned partner as he pulled out a notebook from Striker's cockpit. "What exactly does your Quirk do?"

Kuroiro smirked and then struck a dramatic pose straight out of a Castlevania game. "As you can tell by my ebony visage, I have been blessed with the power of Black! Anything dark is my domain, allowing me to traverse through it and control it to an extent."

"Cool! I guess it goes without saying you can go into shadows, right?" Izuku asked, getting a nod. "Well, Striker can cast a really big shadow. You'll have plenty to work with during our match."

"Are you sure? While your metal warrior is impressive, could it even fit inside the building?" Kuroiro asked. Izuku was about to retort, but then he heard someone giggling. Izuku looked behind himself, and his eyebrows shot up as he saw the headband-wearing boy happily rubbing his face against Striker's forearm.

"Such cold steel," the boy in the headband said dreamily. "You're a real beauty!"

Izuku, a little weirded out by the boy's action, cautiously approached him. "Um, hello?"

The young man snapped out of his stupor and stood back up, rubbing the back of his head. "Sorry about that. It's just….I can't help it! A real super robot is right in front of me!"

His eyes shined with the same kind of excitement Izuku had when he talked about pro-heroes. "It even looks like it stepped right out of a classic Go Nagai manga! Those proportions and body shape just scream Mazinger Z! And those head fins look like something Tetsujin 28 would have! It's so cool!"

"T-That's exactly what I was going for!" Izuku said, his voice filling with excitement. "You weren't wrong, though I based the overall silhouette on Shin Tetsujin rather than the regular Tetsujin. I even threw in some inspiration from Red Baron for the color separation."

"I knew I recognized that shade of red from somewhere! Oh, please tell me this thing's got a rocket punch attack!"

"Well, I couldn't exactly figure out how to do that, but it does have something like Neo Getter's Chain Knuckle." Izuku explained before whispering, "I'm also working on giving it a beam attack, but it's still in development."

"Holy crap! Awesome!" The young man said. "I can't wait to see it in action! A super robot in action in real life is a dream come true!"

"I know, right?!" Izuku almost shouted as his eye shined with joy. "The thrill of unleashing a super move, making your machine move in tandem with your fighting spirit…Super Robots are truly…"

"…a man's romance!" The two boys shouted in tandem. They looked each other in the eye, smirked, and then clasped hands.

"The name's Yosetsu Awase."

"I'm Izuku Midoriya."

Awase chuckled and then wrapped his arm around Izuku's shoulder. "I think you and I are gonna get along real good, Midoriya."

"Ditto," Izuku replied before the two robot fans shared a good laugh. Ochako had to hold back a giggle at how dorky and cute the two boys were, while Kuroiro was a tad confused. But there was someone else watching and shedding manly tears.

"That kind of bond…it's so manly!" Kirishima shouted, his costume consisting of only two red shoulder pads shaped like gears, a sharp black face guard, black pants, brown boots, a red cape with frayed edges tied around his waist, and a large, red belt buckle in the shape of an 'R.'

"Do you even know what they're talking about?" Kendo asked. Her costume was a sleeveless, knee-length turquoise qipao with a black corset around her stomach, thin grey boots, and a black domino mask.

"Not at all! But that seeing such a passionate bond between men sends my heart aflutter!"

"I mean, I kind of get it, but the waterworks are a bit much." Kendo said before thinking, 'Then again, I get the same way over top-tier kung fu flicks and motorcycles, so maybe I shouldn't judge.'

Meanwhile, at the building that was about to become the spot of the first match, Kaibara and Jiro were standing next to a missile-like bomb…or at least it looked like that as Kaibara tapped it, the sound revealing how hollow it was.

"Huh. So it's a fake bomb."

"Do you really think U.A. would use a real bomb in a training exercise?" Jiro asked. Her costume was more punk-like, with a matching black jacket, pants, and combat boots, with a light red t-shirt underneath and studded wristbands. She also applied some light paint on her face, with red markings under her eyes.

"I mean, they had us fight killer robots for the entrance exam. This school's kind of hardcore."

"Fair enough."

Outside the building, Kaminari was attempting to flirt with Tsunotori. Attempting being the keyword.

"Hey there," Kaminari said, a flirtatious grin on his face, as he slid closer to Tsunotori. "Your hand looks heavy. Why don't you let me hold it for you?" Kaminari extended his hand with a wink. But all he got in response was Tsunotori tilting her head in confusion.

"My hands ain't heavy, though," Tsunotori said. She was dressed in an orange & cream costume, with several belted rings (one acting as a belt, one on each bicep, and two on her head that formed a headband) throughout. The only thing uncovered were her fingers and her hooves.

Kaminari, undeterred by Tsunotori's response, quickly recomposed himself to try again. "Say, is there a laboratory here somewhere?" Kaminari pointed his finger at Tsunotori and then at himself. "Or do I just feel the chemistry between the two of us?"

Tsunotori simply stared at him in confusion."I mean, there's probably a lab in the support department."

Her innocent confusion was like a knife to Kaminari's ego. "No, no, what I meant was…" Kaminari cleared his throat and seductively leaned against the railing separating the road from the sidewalk. "Are you a crayon? Because you bring color to my life."

"No. I'm a horse person," Tsunotori bluntly said. An awkward silence filled as the two blonds stared at each, with Kaminari screaming internally as her befuddled expression remained unchanged. Suddenly, something clicked in Tsunotori's head. "Oh, wait; you're trying to flirt with me!"

"Well, duh. I was laying it on pretty thick," Kaminari replied.

"Sorry. I'm not used to guys flirting in Japanese. Also, I have a boyfriend."

"Oh…well, now I just feel stupid," Kaminari said, trying to laugh off his embarrassment. 'She's probably got a guy back in America.'

"ANNNNDDD….BEGIN!" All Might shouted in their ears.

"Time to kick some butt!" Tsunotori shouted before rushing into the building, Kaminari following right behind her. Two blonds began racing through the halls as fast as they could.

"So, where should we look first?" Kaminari asked.

"Let's check the roof!" Tsunotori exclaimed. "Everyone knows the best place for a dramatic fight is on the rooftops!"

"Why?"

"Have ya never read any shonen manga?"

"That's your reasoning?!" The young man asked with exasperation. But little did they know that on the very next floor, Kaibara was waiting.

"Alright, just a few more seconds, and they'll be right under you," Jiro said over the earcom.

"Gotcha!" Kaibara said with a smirk. He leaped into the air, and then, both of his legs began to spin at superhuman speeds, essentially turning them into drills. "ORA!" Kaibara shouted as he slammed his legs against the floor.

Tsunotori and Kaminari only had a split second to register what was happening when Kaibara landed in front of them. Kaibara sent Kaminari flying back with a spinning punch. He then lunged at Tsunotori, but she leaped back to rejoin her teammate.

"You okay?" Tsutori asked as she helped Kaminari up.

"Not really," Kaminari groaned as he clutched his chest. He then looked down and realized Kaibara had torn a massive hole in his shirt. "Oh, come on! I just got this thing!"

Kaibara smirked. "That's what you get for letting me get the drop on ya, heroes!"

"B-but how?!" Kaminari asked.

"It wasn't hard for Jiro to trace your footsteps," Kaibara said as he got into a stance, his fingers starting to spin. "But you gotta deal with me now!"

Kaibara rushed forward, jabbing at them with his hand. But suddenly, Tsunotori grabbed Kaibara's arm and threw him over her shoulder, throwing him past a stunned Kaminari.

"You ain't gonna take us out that easy, Sen!" Tsunotori said with a smirk. "Horn Cannon!"

The horns on Tsunotori's head blasted ahead at high speeds, forcing Kaminari to duck as they flew at Kaibara. But he was quick to respond, spinning his wrists this time and knocking the horns away. Kaminari looked up and saw Tsunotori growing a new pair of horns almost instantly.

"Nice counter, Pony." Kaibara said with a smirk. "This oughta be fun."

"Kaminari, find Jiro and the bomb. I'll hold Sen off."

"Um…right." The jacket-clad boy did just that, running in another direction as Tsunotori began to brawl with Kaibara.

For the next few minutes, he looked through a couple of rooms and floors, but eventually, he opened the door and found the fake bomb tucked in the back of the room. "Jackpot!"

But the second Kaminari stepped into the room, he was bombarded by a loud sonic blast, the intensity causing him to fall onto the floor in pain.

'Well, that was almost too easy,' Jiro thought, having hidden outside of the doorway, one of her jacks plugging into her specialized boot to bombard Kaminari with soundwaves. "Just so you know, if I keep doing this, your ears are probably gonna pop. So you can just give up now."

"D-Don't underestimate me!" Kaminari shouted as electricity began to surge around his hands. He couldn't really aim while still being bombarded, but he had a move that didn't require aiming. "Indiscriminate Shocking!"

Kaminari slammed his hands on the floor, unleashing a massive burst of electricity that shocked Jiro and even sparked against the fake bomb. Jiro fell onto the floor from the shock. But before Kaminari could celebrate…

"The Villain Team wins!" All Might's voice came ringing through their comlinks.

"Wait, what?!" Kaminari shrieked. "But there's no way we ran out the clock."

"Young Kaminari, what did I say your objective as a hero was?"

"To capture the villains or the bomb."

"Correct. But I specifically said not to damage the weapon while doing so. Your little AOE attack also hit the bomb."

Kaminari's eyes slowly widened in realization. "Oh…well, shit."

All Might gave a hearty laugh. "It's alright, young Kaminari. We'll discuss what you and your teammate could've done better in a bit. For now, just make sure young Jiro is okay and head to the observation room."

"Got it." Kaminari said before helping Jiro up. "You okay?"

"Ya. Just a bit tingly." Jiro said. "You're packing a lot more juice than I thought you would."

"I could say the same to you. I definitely wasn't expecting a sound blast." Kaminari said before putting on his 'flirting smile.' "So, you doing anything after school today?"

Jiro just looked at him for a second before her cheeks turned red. "N-Not a chance."

"Okay, okay!" Kaminari said with a chuckle. 'Didn't take her for the violently shy type.'

On the lower floors, Kaibara sighed in frustration. "I didn't even work up a sweat yet. This sucks."

The hall around him and Tsunotori were covered in scratches and holes made from fired horns. "Ah, I wanted to use my super move!" The blonde said with a pout. She then looked and saw the disappointed look on Kaibara's face. The half-American girl then thought of the best way to cheer him up, walking towards the brunette boy and kissing him on the cheek. "Hey, we could always just have a sparing date later."

"Yay, you're right, Pony," Kaibara said with a smile before placing a light kiss on her lips, making her giggle. "And even if this fight was quick, you were still pretty badass, Pony."

"You too, Senny!" Tsunotori said, the two starting to exchange some more kisses.

"Ahem!" The couple turned and saw a red-faced Jiro and Kaminari standing at the other end of the hall. "You guys can save swapping spit later. All Might's waiting for us."

Kaminari was also really hoping that Tsunotori didn't tell her boyfriend that he flirted with her.

A few minutes later…

"So, can anyone tell me what these four could've done better?" All Might said as Kaminari, Tsunotori, Kaibara, and Jiro stood in front of the class.

"Well, if Tsunotori and Kaminari teamed up against Kaibara, they probably could've overwhelmed him and then could have focused on finding Jiro and the bomb," Honenuki chimed in.

"And Tsuno probably could've won really quickly." Hagakure said with a giggle. "One kiss and a wink, and her hubby probably wouldn't be able to bring himself to fight."

Kaibara blushed at the teasing while Tsunotori pouted. "No way!" She then wrapped her arms around Kaibara's shoulders. "If I beat Senny in a fight, it's gonna be because I earned it fair and square."

"That's right!" Kaibara said as he wrapped his hand around Tsunotori's waist. "If I didn't go all out of my opponent, I would just be disrespecting them. Even if they're absolutely adorable."

"Smooth, spin guy," Tokage commented with a smirk.

"Lucky bastard," Mineta said in a fit of jealousy.

"You also could've been a bit more cautious, Kaminari," Izuku pointed out. "You just ran in without looking to see if Jiro was anywhere."

"You were basically asking to be sucker punched," Awase commented.

"By contrast, Jiro, you did a commendable job, not only guiding your partner but also setting up a trap for your opponent," Iida commented, making the punk girl blush at the praise as she tapped her jacks together.

"Well said, everyone!" All Might proclaimed. "Now, onto the next match!"

A bit later, Iida and Mineta were now sitting outside another building as they prepped time for their match.

"Man, this sucks."

"How so?" Iida asked.

"We're up against mister bug face and Koda…and after this, Sero and Honenuki are gonna go up against Hagakure! Those lucky idiots get to fight a naked girl!" Mineta said, his jealous side showing once again.

"That's what you're upset about?!" Iida exclaimed, shocked at his classmate's priorities. Then again, it shouldn't have surprised Iida. After barely a week of being in the same class as Mineta, it was clear to him and everyone else that the diminutive boy was often guided by his baser urges. "Wait, just Hagakure? They're also fighting Tokage."

Mineta's jealous look instantly vanished. "Ya, no thanks. They can deal with her all they like."

"I see," Iida said, recalling how Mineta Tokage's strange and heated debate over…certain body parts. But an idea quickly popped into the taller boy's head. "You know, Mineta, if you do a good job, I believe that our female classmates will be impressed if you show them what you're capable of."

And just like that, a spark ignited in the smaller boy's soul! 'That's right!' Mineta thought to himself. 'The reason I'm here…is so I can become cool! So that girls will like me! And so that I can finally touch some boobies!'

"Alright, Iida! Let's do our best to beat the bad guys!" Mineta shouted with a determined smile and his fists pumping.

"That's the spirit!" Iida said with a thumbs up.

At the same time, Kamakiri and Koda weren't having any luck communicating to form a plan, mainly because Koda was too scared to talk to the bug boy.

"So, ya wanna come up with a strategy or something?" Kamakiri asked. Koda shrieked and hid behind the bomb. Kamakiri sighed. 'Just my luck. I get paired with the mute pussy.'

All Might gave them the go-ahead to start. "Well, if you're too chickenshit to do anything, I guess I'll go kick their asses."

Kamakiri left the room, with Koda letting out a sigh of relief. 'I'm sorry, Kamakiri. I know you can't help it, but I'm absolutely terrified of bugs. But you're right; I can't just do nothing.' Koda looked around the room, and an idea came to him. He ran and opened every window in the room, and once that was done, Koda stuck his head out of a window and started shouting.

Iida and Mineta were zipping through the halls of the building, sticking together by having Mineta ride on Iida's back while he used his Quirk to look through each room. Iida began to turn a corner, but out of the corner of his visor, he saw the glint of a blade. On instinct, he leaped back just as Kamakiri swung his arm down, cutting into the floor.

Kamakiri pulled his arm up, revealing that a large blade was now sticking out before sliding back into his arm, his skin none the worse.

"Alright, heroes," Kamakiri said with a wide grin. "Looks like you're stuck with me."

"Ah, Kamakiri. I must say, you pull off the 'manic villain' part quite well."

"Ya…a bit too well," Mineta said, more than a bit nervous at the sight of Kamakiri. The bug boy charged ahead, blades jutting out of his forearms. He swung his blades in a wide arc. Iida leaped away, causing Mineta to lose his grip and fall off Iida as Kamakiri's blades cut into the wall.

"Mineta! Are you alright?" Iida shouted.

"I think I cracked my ass," Mineta groaned as he stood up. "But I'm fine."

"That's enough yapping!" Kamakiri growled. "Come on, ya cowards! Let's see if you can make the CUT!" Kamakiri charged at Iida. He narrowly avoided Kamakiri's blades, and Iida grimaced as the attack left a cut across his chest plate. Kamakiri was like a relentless, sentient weed whacker, his wild attacks forcing Iida on the defensive and leaving no openings for an attack.

Mineta felt his knees shake as he watched Kamakiri try to hack his partner to pieces. He knew he had to help Iida, but Mineta had no idea what to do. "I-Iida, you need any help?"

"If you could, that would be much appreciated!" Iida said as he evaded another strike from Kamakiri.

"Tch, pussy," Kamakiri spat. "Why don't we keep this a one-on-one? I'd rather not dull my blades on the midget."

In an instant, all of Mineta's fear evaporated. Mineta grit his teeth, his blood boiling, and grabbed two balls from his head. He threw one on the ground and one high up on the nearby wall. He quickly jumped on the ball on the floor, launching himself towards the second ball, ricocheted off it, and went flying towards Kamakiri. Kamakiri had less than a second to react as Mineta sent him reeling with a flying kick to the face.

"What the fuck?!" Kamakiri shouted as he wiped the blood from his jaw.

"Not again," Mineta whispered before glaring at Kamakiri. "I'm in UA! The top hero school! The days of jerks like you making fun of my height are over! Iida, let's kick his ass!"

"R-Right," Iida said, taken aback by Mineta's sudden burst of anger.

"I've had just about enough of you, pipsqueak," Kamakiri spat. He extended his blades and lunged at the hero team. Iida grabbed Mineta and bolted away from Kamakiri. Using his Quirk, Iida brought himself and Mineta to the other end of the hallway, putting significant distance between them and Kamakiri.

"While I find your drive admirable, we still need to devise a plan," Iida said, still carrying Mineta under his arm like a textbook.

"R-right," Mineta sputtered, trying to remain cool in this embarrassing position. 'Do I weigh anything to this guy?' Suddenly, a thought occurred to him, and Mineta smiled as a plan started formulating in his mind. "Hey, Iida." The tall boy looked down at his partner. "I've got an idea that's just crazy enough to work."

Kamakiri watched with grit teeth as Mineta whispered something in Iida's ear. "Enough!" Kamakiri screamed. "I am sick and tired of pussyfooting around like this! If you two aren't going to fight, I'll—" His eyes widened in shock when Iida's Quirk flared to life. Iida came blasting down the hall like a rocket, and in his hands was Mineta, curled up into a ball, held above his partner's head.

"Take this!" Iida exclaimed, throwing Mineta like a basketball.

Kamakiri unsheathed his blades, bracing for impact…only for Mineta to go sailing over his head. "Hah!" Kamakiri exclaimed. "You mis—" Iida closed the distance and delivered a punch to Kamakiri's solar plexus.

Through the pain, Kamakiri grinned, and he swung at Iida. 'Using the pipsqueak as a distraction, guess that's all he's good for. But now it's time for some real action.' As Kamakiri relentlessly sliced at Iida, leaving deep gashes in the floor and walls, the armored boy pulled his leg, and his engines lit up.

Kamakiri smirked. "Too obvious!"As Iida unleashed a kick supercharged by his Quirk, Kamakiri had already jumped back to avoid the attack. Iida had overextended himself with that kick, leaving him wide open. And Kamakiri intended to take full advantage of it. But suddenly, Kamakiri's face fell. His foot was stuck!

Kamakiri looked down and saw he'd stepped on one of Mineta's balls. And his eyes widened in horror as he saw the entirety of the hall behind him covered with those purple balls. 'The pipsqueak wasn't the distraction,' Kamakiri thought as a horrifying realization dawned on him. 'Iida was!'

At that thought, Kamakiri saw Iida running towards him to shoulder-check him into the sticky balls. He held up his blades to guard. But something started pulling on the back of his costume. "What the hell!?" Kamakiri yelled. Distracted, Iida slammed into Kamakiri, sending him crashing to the ground.

Their opponent immobilized, Mineta lept on top of him and tied him up with the capture tape.

"Villain Captured!" All Might's voice rand through their comlinks.

"Dammit!" Kamakiri growled, angry at his defeat. And his mood only soured more as he saw Mineta looking down on him.

"Guess you're the one who couldn't make the cut," Mineta proclaimed the world's largest shit-eating grin on his. "Take this lesson to heart, bug boy: don't mess with the little guys. Nehehe!" Mineta started doing a celebratory dance on Kamakiri's chest. "Who's the best? I'm the best!"

"Um, Mineta," Iida said.

"Who's the best? I'm the best!"

"Mineta."

"Who's the best? I'm the best!"

"Mineta, please."

"Who's the best? I'm—"

"MINETA!" Iida shouted, picking his partner off of their fallen foe. "That's enough of showboating, Mineta. Don't forget, we still have another villain to deal with."

"O-oh, right," Mineta said sheepishly as Iida placed the short boy on his shoulders. "Watch out, Koda! 'Cause, we're coming right for ya!"

Iida blasted off again with Mineta in tow, leaving Kamakiri stuck to the floor. "Assholes."

Soon enough, only three minutes remained in the match, and Iida and Mineta quickly looked through all the rooms in the building. Eventually, they came across the last unchecked room in the building.

"Let's get him!" Mineta whispered, about to kick in the door.

"Hold on!" Iida whispered back. "Rushing in recklessly was Kaminari's undoing. We need to be cautious."

"Oh, right," Mineta replied. But the two were under a time limit. Yes, they needed to proceed with caution. Partly to keep themselves from repeating Kaminari's mistake. And also partly because neither of them knew what exactly Koda's Quirk was. Aside from the obvious physical mutation that gave him a rock-like appearance, he showed no sign of any superpower during the physical exam. And his generic red & orange costume gave no indication of what his power was.

So, Iida slowly opened the door. And when the two peeked their heads in, they spotted Koda spotting them, with the boy hiding behind the fake bomb, shaking with fear.

"I almost feel bad for the guy," Mineta said, seeing the rock-headed boy quivering. Iida nodded in agreement but knew what needed to be done.

"Koda, your reign of villainy ends here!" Iida proclaimed. "Your partner has already been captured! Just surrender yourself, and we can end this without any unnecessary violence."

Koda peaked his head out from behind the bomb. Iida and Mineta noticed the boy's lips move. At first, no sound came out. But then, Koda spoke in a voice much higher than one would expect and shouted, "Now, my little friends!"

Then, without warning, hundreds of rats lept down from the ceiling and started crawling out of boxes! And they were quick to start leaping on Iida and Mineta!

"AHHH! GET THEM OFF!" Mineta screamed as the rats crawled all over his body. "THEY'RE GONNA BITE ME!"

"C-Calm down, Mineta!" Iida shouted, trying to steal his nerves as he batted and shook some rats off of him. "Stand fast! We just have to touch the weapon and…do you hear squawking?"

To Iida's shock, a large flock of birds flew in from the open windows and quickly swarmed around him. Their pecks couldn't damage his armor, but the sheer amount of feathers and talons were enough to shroud his vision.

'Dammit!' Iida thought to himself. Time was running out, and both he and Mineta were swarmed by animals. He quickly battled a bird out of his field of vision, giving him a brief glimpse of the bomb before more birds got in his face. 'It's straight ahead, I just need to keep my bearings, and we can win this—'

RRRIIIIIIPPPPPPPPP!

Iida's train of thought came to a screeching halt at what sounded like fabric tearing. He looked down and gasped. The rats had worked together to tear a large hole in the fabric beneath his armor. With a mischievous look in their eyes, the rats crawled through the hole and started scurrying around inside Iida's suit!

"AAAHHHHHH!" Iida screamed, horrified and disgusted at the feel of the rats' claws and fur rubbing against his skin. "THEY'RE IN MY COSTUME!" Mineta could only watch as his teammate started running around like a headless chicken.

"Iida, stay calm," Mineta pleaded, even though he was struggling to do the same.

Unfortunately, Iida didn't hear anything his partner said. "Getthemoff!Getthemoff!Getthemoff! GET THEM OFF!" Suddenly, Iida's Quirk flared up! His panicked body activated it against his will and sent Iida bursting through the flock of birds—

SLAM!

—and straight into the wall. Iida fell to the floor, out cold. And to add insult to injury, the birds and rats continued to have their way with him

In the observation room, everyone, including All Might, was stunned into silence by what had just happened.

"Note to self; don't ever piss off Koda," Kaminari said to himself, a couple of the students near him shaking their heads in agreement.

"So that's what his Quirk is," Izuku said as he quickly took down some notes.

All Might had seen a lot of surprising things in over thirty years of being a professional superhero. This wasn't quite as shocking as that one villain who could willingly turn herself inside out, but it was definitely in the top twenty.

"Damn it all!" Mineta screamed. Desperate, he started throwing balls haphazardly, not caring who they hit. It seemed to work as the flock of birds parted for a brief moment. Out of the corner of his eye, Mineta saw the bomb. "It's now or never!"

Flailing his arms like a madman while throwing balls like a pitching machine, Mineta pushed through the deluge of birds and rats. Miraculously, Mineta made it to the bomb. Putting every last ounce of his strength into his legs, Mineta lunged for it! Time seemed too slow for the small boy. After all those years of disrespect and bullying, this was it! This was his moment! This was—

"Time's up!" All Might exclaimed through their comlinks. "The villain team wins!"

…reality hit Mineta like a bucket of ice water as he stood there, his hand on the bomb.

Koda breathed a sigh of relief before speaking to the birds and rats. "Thank you, my friends. I'll be sure to bring some food for you later. But you can go now."

And indeed, the birds flew back out the window, and the rats ran out the doorway. Koda looked at Mineta and slowly approached him. "A-a-are you okay?" Koda asked. Mineta blinked, suddenly realizing all the animals were gone. "I, uh, asked my friends not to bite you or peck too hard."

"Really," Mineta said. He looked himself over and found not a single mark on his body. "Huh, would you look at that?"

Koda smiled softly. "I wouldn't want any of my classmates to get infected with something during a training exercise."

Mineta was genuinely touched by this, with comically large tears falling from his eyes. "You're a good person, Koda."

"Uh, what happened?" Iida groaned before sitting up and taking his helmet off.

"We lost," Mineta said flatly.

"I see," Iida said thoughtfully. He looked at Koda and smiled. "Well met, Koda! You were a truly formidable opponent!"

Koda bashfully rubbed his cheeks at the praise.

"Rock Head, what the hell is going on?!" Kamakiri shouted over the ear com.

A bit later, the four boys were standing in front of the class.

"So, can anyone tell me what went wrong and right?"

"Well, Kamakiri charged in alone like a dumbass," Honenuki commented.

"Kaibara did the same thing!" The mantis boy shouted.

"Hey, I kept in contact with my partner." Kaibara retorted. "From what we saw, it didn't look like you had any kind of plan."

"How was I supposed to form a plan when my partner's too much a pussy to talk?!"

"S-Sorry," Koda whispered, getting Kamakiri. "I-It's just…well, I'm scared of bugs. I know I shouldn't be like around you, but…well…."

"O-Oh…" Kamakiri said, suddenly feeling like an asshole. Well, a bigger asshole than usual. "Sorry about that."

"Well, Kamakiri's not the only one who could've done better," Kendo said.

"Kendo's right." Izuku followed up before looking at Iida. "Iida, you could've easily outrun Kamakiri and avoided fighting him entirely. If he chased after you, Mineta would've been able to immobilize him, or at least slow him down, with his balls."

"Hehe," Kaminari chuckled.

"You guys also really panicked at the end." Kendo chimed in.

"Could you blame us?" Mineta asked. "You would probably freak out too if you got suddenly attacked by rats and birds."

"Actually, that leads me to a lesson you all need to take to heart…" All Might said. "…you all need to develop a resistance to the strange and absurd. Learn to expect the unexpected and all that. When you're a Pro-Hero, you'll come across things that make your head spin, sometimes literally, and make you question your sanity. I guarantee villains throw more surprising and shocking things at you than just birds and rats."

"I see," Iida said before bowing. "Thank you all for not holding back on your criticisms! I shall take this all to heart to improve myself and become a better hero."

All Might had a hearty and good-hearted laugh at this. "Well, you certainly have the humble part of being a hero down."

A few minutes later, the next match began. Hagakure was sneaking her way through the halls, her gloves and boots removed for maximum stealth while holding the capture tape roll in her palm.

"Find 'em yet?" Tokage asked.

"Not yet." The invisible girl whispered. She poked her head around a corner and spotted Honenuki walking past the end of the hall. "Oh, I just spotted Honenuki. No sign of Sero, though."

"Gotcha. So just go stealth and capture him. But don't get cocky. The guy's a recommended student like me, so ya can't let your guard down."

"Right." Hagakure said before gripping the tape. 'Super stealth time!'

Quietly and carefully, Hagakure tip-toed until she could spot Honenuki's back. He didn't seem to be looking over his shoulder, making Hagakure think she had the perfect opening. She continued to tip-toe and control her breathing in an attempt to make any sort of sound. Soon enough, she was almost right behind him. But Hagakure's stealth approach imploded in on itself from the most unexpected source: when she pulled out a strip of the capture tape, the roll made an unexpected sound. And that was enough to make Honenuki look over his shoulder.

The sight of floating tape was more than enough of a clue for him, and he quickly threw a punch that Hagakure backed away from.

"Woah, too close!" Hagakure shouted before glaring at the capture tape and throwing it away. "Stupid loud tape."

"Not bad, invisible girl. You almost got the jump on me." Honenuki said. "But I got ya now!"

The lipless teen attempted to grab the invisible girl but stopped when he heard her scream in embarrassment.

"Hey, hands off my girls, you perv!"

"Oh, shit!" Honenuki exclaimed, letting go of her. "Sorry, abo—" He suddenly got the wind knocked out of him by what felt like a kick to the stomach.

"Sike! You were actually grabbing my shoulder," Hagakure said. "One of the upsides of being invisible: you can't see where you'll hit me or where I'm gonna hit you back!"

And indeed, Honenuki was having a hard time blocking any of Hagakure's strikes. There wasn't a lot of force behind it, but with him being unable to see where the hits were coming from, it was nearly impossible to defend himself. And she was surprisingly agile, dodging his attempts to hit her. Or he could be way off his mark. It was to tell.

"Sorry, but ya can't hit what you can't see," Hagakure teased before blowing an invisible raspberry.

But Honenuki just chuckled as he placed his hand on the wall. "Fair point. Counterpoint, though…"

Suddenly, the walls and ceiling around Hagakure began to soften…and Hagakure began to sink into the floor.

"…I don't have to have to see you in order to trap you. At least with my quirk."

"Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew! It feels like warm pudding!" Hagakure panicked, her arm hitting a spot near Honenuki, splashing gunk around. Seeing this, Honenuki grabbed his opponent's arm, pulled her out of the softening floor, and tackled her down. He then felt Hagakure punch him with her other arm, but he took the blow and grabbed his own capture tape before quickly wrapping it around her wrists.

"Hagakure has been captured!"

"Dang it!" she cried. Honenuki was about to joke…but felt something odd. He moved his hand on Hagakure's forearm…and felt cloth.

"Hagakure?" Honenuki asked as he stood up.

"What?"

"You're not actually naked, are you?"

Hagakure said nothing, but he assumed she was probably giving him a look before sighing. She then moved her wrists a bit and actually pressed a button. In an instant, a lilac costume that looked like a blend of a retro sci-fi dress and a kunoichi outfit appeared on Hagakure's still-invisible body, which included a skirt and leggings combo, arm sleeves with a button on the left wrist and a matching headband on her head.

"Way to ruin my whole gimmick, spoil-sport."

"And what gimmick is that? Pretending to be a streaker?"

"Hey, it worked on for a bit? Would you want to touch a naked person, even if you were fighting them?"

Honenuki said nothing for a minute before chuckling…and then just bursting out into laughter. "Okay, ya got me there, Hagakure."

He continued to laugh, and Hagakure smiled a bit. Honenuki's cackling laugh was weird but oddly infectious. But she also noticed something real quick.

"Hey, where's Sero?"

"Oh…" Honenuki said in between laughing. "I…he's following the plan."

And indeed, when the match had started, Sero fired some tape at the top of the building and was currently climbing up the sides using the tape like a climbing rope. His costume consisted of a face-covering visor, a light orange mouthguard with matching shoulder pads, and black and white spandex that cut off at his biceps, letting him use his tape-dispensing elbows without obstruction.

'Not here, either.' Sero thought as he looked through the window.

"Ya find anything yet?"

"No. Looks they hid the bomb pretty well." Sero blinked upon realizing something odd before turning his head and seeing Tokage's floating head smirking at him, with one eye missing. "Ah, crap!"

"Eat this! Titty Torpedo!"

"Wait, what torpedo?!"

From a nearby window, Tokage's torso and arms flew out, her bosom detaching and flying towards Sero like a projectile. The airborne funbags hit Sero right in his helmet and shoulder pad. The tape boy grunted…while Tokage regretted it.

"Ow, ow, ow! Okay, not my best idea," Tokage said before smirking again. "But let's see how much more you can handle!"

With a mental command, Tokage's torso and arms further split into smaller pieces, launching at Sero and pelting him with a barrage of limbs. But even as he was barraged, Sero still hung on.

"I can take a beating, so you're gonna have to try better than that!"

Tokage chuckled a bit and mentally stopped her body pieces from attacking him. "Alright, then, how about this?"

Sero saw Tokage's hands move towards his stomach…and then started tickling him. Sero started laughing, shaking a bit as he tried to keep his grip strong.

"Huh. You're a bit on the lanky side, but you actually got some nice muscle tone going for ya." Tokage commented.

"T-Thanks, I guess," Sero said between laughs while he was thinking of a way out of this situation. 'Looks like I'm gonna have to go for the Hail Mary. Honenuki, I really hope you weren't just talking out of your ass.'

Using his free hand, Sero slid open his visor and looked at Tokage with a smile. "T-Though, this is a bit quick for my taste. Usually, girls don't get handsy with me until the third date. Guess you don't play around, eh, Tokage?" And he threw in a flirtatious wink on top of that.

A few minutes later…

"But this gonna be tricky," Sero commented as he and Honenuki were figuring out a plan. "Hagakure's naked, and Tokage's a massive flirt. This exercise is gonna be really damn awkward."

"For you, maybe." Honenuki retorted before thinking a bit. "But I think I might have the solution in case Tokage decides to go all 'femme fatale' on you. See, I know a few pervy and aggressive flirts like her. And usually, the solution to dealing with them is just to flirt back."

"Really?" Sero asked, getting a nod in response.

"She'll either be down for it, which means you'll end up with a hot date. Or she'll end up being one of those people who can dish it out but can't take it. It's usually one of those two."

Tokage stared at Sero for a moment, trying to process what she'd just heard. "…a-ah…I…b-but…h-handsy…"

And as it turned about, Tokage was the latter, her entire face turning cherry red, her eye hazed over, and her body shaking.

"…I mean…I don't….w-what?"

'Huh, that actually worked. Honenuki, I owe you a soda,' Sero was about to move when…

"Weapon Secured! The Hero Team wins!"

"WAH?!" Tokage said, looking through the eye she left with the bomb and seeing Honenuki halfway inside the floor, poking the bomb with his finger. And adding insult to injury, softening teen was cackling too.

Later, it was their turn for the post-battle evaluation, but Sero and Honenuki took off their helmets and high-fived each other.

"Nice work on the distraction, Sero," Honenuki said with a smile. Or at least his equivalent of a smile.

"Hell yeah! The Helmet Bros killed it!"

Tokage still felt thoroughly embarrassed by how she lost while Hagakure was pouting…though no one else could see it naturally.

"Well, so much for being a grade-A flirt," Mineta said with a taunt directed at Tokage. The blue-clad girl growled before launching her hands at the grape boy and pulling on his cheeks.

"I just wasn't expecting that, you little gremlin!" Tokage growled, sticking her fingers in Mineta's face. "And last I checked, I haven't seen anyone flirt with your gross ass."

"Oh, I'm not gross. But this is." Mineta then licked Tokage's fingers, making her reel in disgust. Before the two could continue, All Might loudly cleared his throat.

"Now, now, you two, save the bickering for after class," All Might said. "Now, does anyone have any notes?"

"All Might, sir, I believe your lesson about 'expecting the unexpected' could have also applied to Tokage's reaction to Sero flirting with her," Iida stated. "I've heard about both heroes and villains that use their sexual appeal or flirtatious nature to catch their foes off guard."

"Ya, that's pretty much Miss Midnight's entire gimmick," Ochako commented, referring to their R-Rated History teacher.

"Sensuality can often be just as disarming as any powerful technique," Yanagi chimed in.

"You're all correct." All Might said. "Young Tokage, if you want to play up the 'flirtatious heroine' angle, you're going to need to prepare for those that flirt back."

"R-Right," Tokage said, her cheeks still a bit red.

"Hagakure, I couldn't really see much of it, but I'm guessing you're not that good at hand-to-hand," Kendo said.

"I mean, there's not really much to it. Just throw a punch and a kick and make it land, right?"

The orange-haired girl's eyebrow twitched. "There is so much wrong with that sentence."

"On the flip side, Honenuki and Sero were on point!" Kirishima stated. "You guys kept your cool and adapted like crazy good! You really showed some manly dedication right there!"

'Is the manly the only compliment you know?' A couple of the students thought. They barely knew the redhead for a week but had already heard him say 'manly' an almost absurd amount of times.

"All right, let's move on to the next match!" All Might said with a flourish. "Yanagi! Awase! Fukidashi! Uraraka! You're up next!"

"Awesome! Let's go!" Awase shouted with a smile. Before the four teens headed out, Ochako and All Might shared a subtle look at each other. The brunette looked down at her hands, feeling the new and immense power she had only just started to understand.

To everyone else, they simply believed the cover story of her quirk mutating. In reality, this new power was something that had been passed down to her. A power that she was determined to own.

'I gotta do my best. Mr. Yagi trusted me with this quirk, so I can't let him down.' With a determined look on her face, Ochako followed the other three. 'One for All…I'll make your power my own without breaking my body!'

To be continued…

Author's Note 2: A slightly longer chapter this time on the count of us having a lot of ground to cover. We got a chance to establish some of the dynamics and characterization for Class 1-B, and show off a bit of what they can do, even if it was only shortly.

And as for the next chapter, both Izuku and Ochako show off what they can do!

Next Time: Let's Rocket!

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